In act v of a midsummer night's dream, quince presents the prologue for “pyramus and thisbe.” when the prologue is over, theseus says: his speech was like a tangled chain—nothing impaired, but all disordered.… which tone does the simile “his speech was like a tangled chain” create? it creates a frustrated tone, expressing how confused theseus is by comparing quince’s speech to a broken necklace tied in knots. it creates a disappointed tone by comparing quince’s speech to a chain hippolyta once wore that broke during a fight with theseus. it creates a proud tone, by comparing quince’s speech to the fancy chain theseus wears around his neck. it creates a humorous tone by comparing quince’s speech to something disorganized and hard to follow.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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